Pen N Review

Back in July I broke own rule of never backing a hardware Kickstarter and backed a hardware Kickstarter for a Pen N — a pen that supports 100s of refills with a universal clamp that screws into the barrel. I paid $55 for it plus another $20 for shipping. I paid the extra $5 for the orange clip because I was feeling fancy When it arrived I tried it with a bunch of different refills I had including zento, jetstream, Muji, and they all worked great. No wobbling, exactly as described. It came with a Zebra gel refill which is the one I've kept in it for the past week. As a pen for grabbing quickly to jot something down, it does the trick but as a pen for writing for long periods of time it's not ideal - this pen is thick. There's no tapering towards the tip so you're just holding a heavy metal sausage[1]. I could only get through the first verse of Michelle Branch's classic "Everywhere" before I stopped filling in the page because it wasn't comfortable. Because you're everywhereeeeeeeeee…